Republican Marco Rubio announces bid for US presidential race
Republican Senator Marco Rubio from the state of Florida announced his decision to enter the 2016 US presidential race.
"I announce my candidacy to the presidency," said the 43-year- old Senator from Freedom Tower in the city of Miami, Florida on Monday evening, Xinhua reported.
"Yesterday is over. And we are never going back," Rubio said in front of a banner with the slogan "A New American Century."
Earlier on Monday, Rubio told top donors in a conference call that he is running for the US president, saying that he feels " uniquely qualified" to be president and criticized Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as "a letter from yesterday."